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f - A p p e lla n t, v. C I T Y O F S A N L E A N D R O , ap u b lic e n tity ; e t a l., D efen d an t s - A p p el l ees. N o. 08- 17387 D . C . N o . 3 : 0 6 - c v - 0 3 7 4 4 - MMC ME MOR AN DU M *

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# FI LED MA R 03 2010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALSI L/RESEARCH 08- 17387 2 p o lic e o f f ic e r s la c k e d p r o b ab le c au s e to a rr e s t h im f o rp u b lic in to x ic a tio n . W e ha ve j ur i s di c t i on pur s ua ntt o 28 U . S . C . § 1291. W e r e vi e w de novo a n or de rf or ju d g m e n t a s am a tte ro f law . To rr e s v . Ci t

yo f L. A. , 54 8 F . 3d 11 97 , 12 05 (9th C i r. 2 0 0 8 ). W e rev i ew fo r p rej u d i ce th e d en i al o f req u est ed j u ry i n stru ct i o n s. Cr is w e ll v . W e s te rn A i r l i ne s , I

nc . , 709 F . 2d 544, 552 ( 9th C i r . 1983) . W e r e vi e w f or s u f f ic ie n c y o f

e v id e n c e aju ry ’s v e r d ic t. W a te c C o ., L td. v . L iu , 403 F . 3d 645, 651 n .5 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 5 ) . W e r e v ie w f o ra n ab u s e o f

d is c r e tio n e v id e n tia ry ru lin g s . T ri tchlerv. C ou nt

y of L ake , 3 5 8 F. 3 d 1 1 5 0 , 1 1 5 5 ( 9 th Ci r . 2 0 0 4 ) . W e a f f i rm. W i l l i ng ham cont ends i n err or thatthe di stri ctcourtdi sm i ss ed coun t s three a n d f o u ro f h is A m e n d e d C o m p la in t; it d id n o t. T h e d i stri ctco u rtp ro p erl y d en i ed W i l l i n g h am ’ s m o t i o n fo r j u d g m en tas a m a tte ro f la w . U n d e rC a lif

o rn iaP e n a l C o d e s e c tio n 6 4 7 ( f ) , o f f ic e r s m a y a rr e s t a s u s p e c t w h e n e v e rth e y h a v e p r o b ab le c au s e to b e lie v e h e v io la te d th e s ta tu te re gardl es s of w hether or notthe arre st ee coul d h ave been properl y c on vi ct ed of a v io la tio n . Se e I

n r e R. K. , 16 0 C al . A pp . 4th 1 61 5, 16 24 (200 8) (r ec og ni zi ng that

“ re gardl es s of how an i nt ox i ca t ed pers on com es t o b e i n a pu bl i c pl ac e, the po l i ce m ustnece ss ar i l y have the autho ri ty t o arr es tand rem ov e thatpers on ” e ven i f aI L/RESEARCH 08- 17387 3 s ubs e que ntc onvi c t i on m i ghtbe i m pr ope r . ) ( c i t a t i ons a nd i nt e rna l quot a t i on m a rks om i tt ed). W i l l i ng ham ’ s r em ai ni ng chal l enges t o thi s rul i ng ar e unavai l i ng as they co n cern th e fact s p ro p erl y fo u n d b y th e j u ry. Se e A nde rs on v . L i be r t yL obby, I

nc ., 477 U . S . 242, 255 ( 1986) ( “ C r e di bi l i ty de t e rm i na t i ons , the w e i ghi ng of the evi dence, and the draw i ng of l egi t i m at e i nfer ence s f rom the fa ct s are j ury funct i on s, no ttho se of a j ud ge, w hether he i s rul i ng on a m ot i on for s um m ary j ud gm entor for adi re ct ed verdi ct . ”) . T he j ury’ s ver di ctw as supp ort ed by “ subst ant i al evi dence. ” W a te c C o ., L td. , 403 F . 3d a t651, n 5. W i l l i ng ham fa i l ed t o d em on stra t e thathe w as prej ud i ce d b y the di stri ct c o u rt’s d e c is io n n o t to p r o v id e c e rta in p r o p o s e d in s tru c tio n s to th e ju ry . Cr is w e ll , 709 F . 2d a t552. T he di s tr i c tc ourtdi d notabus e i t s di s c r e t i on e i the rby a dm i tt i ng im p e a c h m e n t e v id e n c e o f W illin g h a m ’s d is b a rm e n t, se e U . S. v . J ac k s on , 882 F . 2d 1 4 4 4 , 1 4 4 8 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 8 9 ) ( a f f irm in g in tr o d u c tio n o f

d e f e n d a n t’s 1 2 - y e a r - o ld di sbarm entas i m peac hm entevi dence i n cri m i nal ca se ), or by excl ud i ng evi dence o f a lle g e d m is c o n d u c t b y ap o lic e o f f ic e r , se e F e d. R . E vi d. 404( b) ( “ E vi de nc e ofI L/RESEARCH 08- 17387 4 o th e rc r im e s , w r o n g s , o ra c ts is n o t a d m is s ib le to p r o v e th e c h a r a c te ro f ap e r s o n in order t o sho w ac t i on i n con form i ty there w i th. ”) . T h e d istrict co u rt d idn o t ab u se it s d iscr etio n b y d en yin g W il li n g h am ’s m o tio n to d is q u a lif

y th e d is tr ic t c o u rt ju d g e . See L i tek y v . U ni ted Stat es , 5 1 0 U . S. 54 0, 55 5 (19 94 ) ( “

j ud i ci al rul i ng s a l on e a l m ostnever const i tut e aval i d b as i s f or a bi as or part i al i ty m ot i on . ”) . W e a ff i rm sum m ary j ud gm entfor def endant s on W i l l i ng ham ’ s c l ai m s und er Mon el l v. D ep’t of So c. Servs ., 4 3 6 U .S . 6 5 8 ( 1 9 7 8 ) . Se e Fis he rv . C i t yof San Jo se , 5 5 8 F . 3 d 1 0 6 9 , 1 0 8 5 (9 th C i r. 2 0 0 9 ) (en b an c) (h o l d i n g j u ry’ s v erd i ctag ai n st p l ai n t i ff o n F o u rth A m en d m en tcl ai m m o o t ed h i s Mo n e ll cl ai m ). W e do n otconsi der W i l l i ng ham ’ s c on t ent i on thatthe di stri ctcourt i m pr ope r l y de ni e d hi s m ot i on t o c ont i nue the tr i a l be c aus e he ha s notpr ovi de d us w ith ar e c o r d c o n c e rn in g th is ru lin g . Se e Sy nc om Capi tal C or p. v . W ade , 924 F . 2d 16 7, 16 9 (9th C i r. 19 91 ) ( di sm i ss i ng appeal of pro se app el l antw ho di d n otensure thatthe courthad a com pl et e tri al transcr i ptt o enabl e r evi ew of hi s c on t ent i on s) . W i l l i ng ham ’ s r em ai ni ng cont ent i on s are un pers uasi ve. AF F I RME D.